The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District
Wednesday, February 21, 2023
5:00 pm
Lake Delhi Office
Delhi, IA 52223
The regular meeting of the Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District was held and called to order at 5:00 pm by President Althoff.
Present: Althoff; via Zoom – Leonard, Scherrman, Burger and Staebell.
Visitors: Randy Rattenborg, Ben Pasker; via Zoom – Larry Sloan, Ed Schmidt.
Support Staff via Zoom: Laurie Kramer and Lori Tucker.
Absent: Beals, Thompson.
Althoff asked for a motion to approve the meeting agenda. A motion was made by Leonard, seconded by Burger to approve the agenda. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion to approve minutes from previous meetings was made by Burger, seconded by Leonard. All ayes. Motion carried.
The Board reviewed claims from the General Fund (81000) as presented. Claims included utilities, maintenance contract, clerical expense, lobbyist expense, copier expense, engineering expense, legal expense, snow removal, and property insurance. Claims totaled $18,213.89 from the General Fund. In addition claims from Fund 81005 for engineering expense totaling $9,465.41 were presented. A motion was made by Leonard, seconded by Burger to approval all claims. All ayes. Motion carried.
January financial reports were presented. The General Fund had revenues of property tax $3,373.84, and interest of $10,513.01, totaling $13,886.85. Expenditures for January were $64,549.61, ending January at $2,338,611.71. The Debt Service Fund had revenues of $6,558.61 from property tax and interest, and no expenditures, ending January at $504,284.03. The Dam Improvement Fund had no revenues and no expenditures ending January with a $70,000.00 balance. The Lake Improvement Fund had $1,192.34 in interest revenues and $40,697.00 in expenditures, ending January with a balance of $272,469.96. The Upstream Impoundment Fund had revenues of $1,503.53 and $9,950.10 in expenses, ending January with a balance of $383,818.10. A motion was made by Leonard, second by Staebell to receive and file the January financial report. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion to approve FY2024/2025 proposed budget was made by Leonard, second by Staebell. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion to approve publishing the FY2024/2025 proposed budget was made by Leonard, second by Burger. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion to approve adopting a resolution for purchasing authority was made by Staebell, second by Leonard, with the following changes: increasing spending limit from $5000 to $10,000 with the approval of 2 of 3 Trustees instead of President and Treasurer. Roll call vote ayes: Staebell, Leonard, Burger, Althoff and Scherrman. Absent: Beals, Thompson. Motion carried.
A motion to approve proposal from Jetco to update office computer hard drives was made by Burger, second by Leonard. All ayes. Motion carried.
Committee Updates:
Water Quality – The bid package for siltation mitigation will be presented at the next meeting.
Community Events, Activities, and Wall of Recognition – Two proposals were received for Wall of Recognition that will be available for review at the next trustee meeting.
Dam Operations & Property Management – Rattenborg reported that one of the ice eaters has propeller damage and was moved to the center location It will be replaced before the next winter season. He also noted that a representative from Waldinger is looking at climate control option for the control room at dam. Bid package will be created for snow and mowing proposals.
Finance & Budget – Budget approved at this meeting.
Legislative – assured proposed bill not going anywhere allowing public access at private lakes (Ponderosa).
Public Comment – none.
A motion to adjourn was made by Scherrman, second by Staebell. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m.